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| Jan - March Sapphires team up with High Street retailers Jack and Jones and Vero Moda on a national model search. Visiting 12 cities throughout the UK, we had an overwhelming response! |
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| Feb During this year's model search we were asked by a visiting film crew to take part in a new documentary about people wanting break into the entertainment industry. Neely was more than happy to oblige and share her thoughts on the subject. Her interview will be screened in late 2008 on Sky TV! |
| 2007 |
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| December Sapphires are announced as a Finalist for the Advantage West Midlands Enterprise Award at the Celebrate Success Awards |
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| September Sapphires represent a finalist for the "Model of the Year" award at the Scottish Fashion Awards. We received coverage from Vogue, The Scottish Herald and The Birmingham Post as well as working with Bentley and Graeme Black as a result. |
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| August One of Sapphire's classic models tell their inspirational story in Chat Magazine. Sapphires in house photographers shoot the images for Chat. |
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| July Sapphires are announced as the winner of the Wolverhampton Entrepreneur award at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce awards and go on to win a bronze medal in the grand final. |
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| July Neely, the founder of Sapphires, is seen in magazine WomensWear Buyer sharing her thoughts on the role of plus size clothing on the high street. |
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| March Sapphires work with celebrities including Linda Barker and The Chuckle Brothers on a series of photographic portraits for Comic Relief. |
| 2006 |
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| November Neely is announced as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the West Midlands Business Link Inspirational Women Celebrate Success Awards. |
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| November The National Press take an interest in model Kitten von Mew and run a story on her obsession with all things vintage. After the story ran she even started getting fan mail! |
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| October Kitten von Mew, our real life 'pin up' model, catches the eye of the TV news. Central News run a feature throughout the day on Kitten's unusual and fascinating career! |
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| September Sapphires are featured on the cover of the Chamber of Commerce Trade Journal Prosper, with a double page spread on the growth of the business. |
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| August Sapphires launch their first ever model search competition with the Midlands biggest hair salon chain, Francesco Group. Running in salons throughout the region, the competition receives over 400 applications. |
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| June Surita, one of the world's only models to have recovered from scoliosis, tells her story in Real Magazine. |
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| June Model Surita's heroic story about her Scoliosis, life threatening surgery and triumphant emergence as a fashion model is featured in national newspaper The Daily Mail. |